WAVE of Anti-US
Demonstrations Underway in Arabdom

For the wave or resurgence in the wake of the impending
destruction, consequentially subjugation, prolonged and continuos suffering of the Iraqi
and Arab people to be ; for that wave to have a real and useful effect, the resurgence
must transform into a social and political movement transcending boundaries and status
quos of the Middle East. For another humiliation in Iraq will only result in anger and
deep resentment accompanied by sporadic incidents of defiance maybe to the West and her
cohorts but will only intensify the weakened and deeply wounded Arab psyche.

By far and for the umpteenth time, a major defeat physically and
psychologically is on the verge of happening to the Arab world. But it is only the symptom
and the result of weak polity and inability to revitalise the essence of the strength of
the Arab people or the world at large.

By looking at sheer brute force and firepower or shrewd and
masterly diplomacy, the Arabs have no chance. Their foes are at their peak and are going
to take it to the limit. Don't they ,the Arabs realise that they have to revolutionise
themselves first, instead of complaining about how they are so badly treated?

They must truly ask themselves when was the time in history that
they really rose up as a nation manifesting itself as a dominant civilisation and what
actually is their true and basic strength.

Hamdan Muhammad Hassan

17 February 1998.

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[Currently, he is a Senior Civil Engineer at the University Science of Malaysia. He is
involved in youth activities with the Muslim Youth Movement in Malaysia. He is also the
Secretary for the Muslim Staff Association in his university.]